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Print and Digital English Resources
Print Resources
Grammar Girl: Ultimate Writing Guide for Students
For beginners to more advanced students, this guide covers it all: the parts of speech, sentences, and punctuation are all explained clearly and concisely with the warmth, wit, and accessibility Grammar Girl is known for.
Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages
A guide to Shakespeare's plays contains a criticisms through the centuries. Additional features included, such as an summary, analysis of key passages, a comprehensive list of characters, and a biography of Shakespeare.
Social Issues in Literature
Each book addresses the role a given social issue plays in an author’s major work. The three chapter format begins with biographical and critical information about the author, analysis of the relationship between the work and the social issue, and the final chapter examines the social issue from a contemporary perspective.
Ebooks
World Book Online Classics: American Literature
Find classical American literature on digital format either in the WDL online card catalog or by visiting Worldbook.com.
Novels for Students
Each volume of Novels for Students includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, an author biography, a discussion of the story’s cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.
World Book Online Classics: British Literature
Find classical British literature on digital format either in the WDL online card catalog or by visiting Worldbook.com.
Magnolia: Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center is a full text database that includes plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; literary criticism; full text literary journals; poems and short stories; full text classic novels; and so much more.
Pro/Con Issues
SIRS Issues Researcher offers students relevant, credible resources on major issues and world conflicts with background and current analysis on 330+ current and pervasive leading Issues.
Bloom's Literature
Bloom’s Literature features hundreds of Harold Bloom's essays examining the lives and works of great writers; thousands of critical articles; extensive entries on literary topics, themes, movements, genres, and authors; and almost 2,200 video clips.
John Green's Crash Course
John Green's YOUTUBE channel which includes works of literature such as The Great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliet. John Green is the New York Times Bestselling young adult author that wrote The Fault in Our Stars, Papertowns, and Looking for Alaska.
All Things Shakespeare
This site includes files such as scavenger hunts, graphic organizers, and library resource pathfinders. You can also find websites and video clips.
Language Arts Supplemental Docs and Websites
English teachers can find supplemental documents and websites ranging from novel assignments (Frankenstein Character Map) to How To Guides (5 Paragraph Literary Analysis).
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